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Gallows Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Gallows?
[n] instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gallows: gallous | gallowstree | gibbet Related Terms | Find terms related to Gallows: ax | beheading | block | burning | capital punishment | cross | crucifixion | death chair | death chamber | decapitation | decollation | defenestration | drop | electric chair | electrocution | execution | fusillade | gallows-tree | garrote | gas chamber | gassing | gibbet | guillotine | halter | hanging | hemlock | hemp | hempen collar | hot seat | judicial murder | lapidation | lethal chamber | maiden | necktie party | noose | poisoning | rope | scaffold | shooting | stake | stoning | strangling | strangulation | the ax | the block | the chair | the gallows | the gas chamber | the guillotine | the hot seat | the rope | tree See Also | hangman's halter | hangman's rope | hemp | hempen necktie | instrument of execution Gallows In Webster's Dictionary \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. {Gallowses}or {Gallows}. [OE.
galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D.
galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi,
Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and
historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural
number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded
by a; as, a gallows.]
1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which
criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of
two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like
frame for suspending anything.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii.
10.
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses?
--Shak.
2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
{Gallows bird}, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
{Gallows bitts} (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships
on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also
{gallows}, {gallows top}, {gallows frame}, etc.
{Gallows frame}.
(a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
(b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
{Gallows}, or
{Gallow tree}, the gallows.
At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.
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